They came over on the first boats with Columbus after the Spanish kicked them out but that was a result of their migration into Europe from the failed Roman empire. The Jewish-Roman wars probably didn't help.
Washington made the decision let them in to American society as far as I know.
He seemed like a boomer, I don't think he knew what he did until it was too late.
Weren't some of the founding fathers Freemasons?
My understanding is that Washington was made a mason as part of the deal.
I don't think he even knew what it was and they probably didn't tell him shit.
Not American, but I guess your point still stands.
Washington did do the first "ATF raid" on Americans, putting the boots on the necks of frontiersmen at the behest of big business.
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